Intel Arc A580 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB

Intel Arc A580 $179
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8GB $329
3072 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
2000MHz
3584 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
1777MHz
Peak Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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TDP
185W
TDP
170W
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Intel
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Alchemist
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Arc A
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
Xe HPG
ACM-G10
Variant
DG2-512
Codename
NV176
GA106
Variant
GA106-302
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
10/10/2023
Release Date
10/27/2022
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
406 mm²
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Die Size
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
21.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
53.45M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
3072 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
112 TMUs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
384 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
24 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
28 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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Execution Units
384 EUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
24 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1700MHz Base
2000MHz
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1320MHz Base
1777MHz
Peak Performance
393.22 TOPS
INT4 Tensor
Peak Performance
407.6 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP16
24.58 TFLOPS
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
12.74 TFLOPS
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
101.9 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
12.29 TFLOPS
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FP32
12.74 TFLOPS
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FP64
3.07 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.2 TFLOPS
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BF16
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98.3 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
12.74 TFLOPS
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor
50.95 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
12.74 TFLOPS Tensor
25.48 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
393.22 TOPS Tensor
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INT4
203.8 TOPS Tensor
407.6 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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196.61 TOPS Tensor
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INT8
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101.9 TOPS Tensor
203.8 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
6.37 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
24.9 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
192 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
85.296 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
384 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
199.024 GTexel/s
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L1
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Unknown
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
8MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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8GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1938MHz
Transfer Rate
15.5GT/s
Bandwidth
186GB/s
Clock
1875MHz
Transfer Rate
15GT/s
Bandwidth
240GB/s
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TDP
185W
TDP
170W
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3x DisplayPort 2.0
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
Arc
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
Arc
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
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MPEG-2
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JPEG
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.6
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
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1x Fan
Not a Card
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2x Fans
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Power Connectors
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1x 12-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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